Vénus

Captured

Type	Frigate
Rate	Fifth rate
Guns	40
War	Napoleonic Wars

40-gun frigate, Commodore Hamelin's flagship. Arrived off Grand Port at the end of the battle and took Iphigenia's surrender. Captured by HMS Boadicea three weeks later.

Capture of the English frigate Ceylon by the French frigate La Vénus Inventory number: Numéro principal : INV 8136 Autre numéro d'inventaire : MR 2519 Photo: Tendre, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

40 guns

Battery: 28 × 18-pounder long guns
Quarterdeck and forecastle: 12 × 8-pounder long guns

Armour

Timber

Builder	Le Havre
Laid down	April 1805
Launched	5 July 1806
Length	46 metres (151 ft)
Complement	330 men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

5 July 1806

Battle of Grand Port

Survived

20–27 August 1810

Hamelin's flagship; arrived on the 27th

Fate

Captured

Broken up in 1816